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hellraizor
10-03-2009, 04:28 PM
She's got a gorgeous circular web in her new tank. Nice spider, but crappy pic. Here's a pic of her taking out a dubia.. Anyone know what it is?

http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac309/AidenHellraizor/100_2078.jpg
saltyscissors
10-03-2009, 04:33 PM
european garden spider, Araneus diadematus. really common here in England
hellraizor
10-03-2009, 04:57 PM
european garden spider, Araneus diadematus. really common here in England

Hmmm.. Do we have European spiders in the US? Can I call it an American garden spider? Assuming it has a green card.
saltyscissors
10-03-2009, 04:59 PM
According to Wikipedia:
The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus), diadem spider, or cross spider, is a very common and well-known orb-weaver spider in Western Europe. Araneus diadematus also lives in parts of North America, in a range extending from New England and the Southeast to California and the Northwestern United States and adjacent parts of Canada.
tin man
10-03-2009, 05:52 PM
thats deffinately a garden spider, I see these everywhere around my house
rvtjonny
10-04-2009, 10:15 AM
i found this one the other day on the back deck...

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/jonnm72/spiders/SNC00383.jpg